Fluoroscopic Radiation Safety (Live Webinar)

Course Topics:

• The Joint Commission HRS Standard HR.01.05.03
• Who are ancillary personnel that must be trained?
• Image Gently and Image Wisely campaigns
• Necessity of Training
• General Operational Principles of Fluoroscopy
• Perceptions and Misconceptions By Non-Radiologic Personnel About Shielding
• What is Dose?: Defining Effective Dose, Absorbed Dose, Air Kerma
• Dose Thresholds and Deterministic Risks to Skin
• Sentinel Events
• Protection and Monitoring
• Effects of Moving the Table and Image Receptor
• Changing Pulse, Frame Refresher and Other Image Factors
• Strategies for High CAK procedures
• Procedure Alert Levels/Notification Levels

Course Objective:

At the conclusion of this course, the participants should be able to:

1. Give examples of who at your facility would be considered ancillary personnel
2. Understand how to discuss dose with your patient
3. Define Cumulative Air Kerma?
4. Describe what constitutes a Sentinel Event
5. Discuss the effect of having the table too close to the X-ray source.
6. Give an example of when to define Procedure Alert Levels